Neil deGrasse Tyson gets excited when he talks about physics — it’s what made him a natural fit for the Cosmos reboot. But take that enthusiasm and slow it down a bit, and he looks like (to paraphrase Carl Sagan) the highest motherf*cker that is, or ever was, or ever will be.

I don’t believe that there is presently, or ever has been any faith or particular religious doctrine that the scientific evidence best supports. If there is or was a creator or intelligent designer, it is surely something that we as mere mortals could ever hope to grasp or understand.